Putting your money on the weaker team gives you the advantage of ending the bet with a lot of money or coming out there with a fat zero in your pockets. This is when you ask yourself, how far am i willing to risk with my money?

Take the premier league for instance, teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool are seen as the big 4 teams. The likely hood of these teams wining a match is much greater than teams like West Bromwich Albion. Thus people will tend to wager on them more. But have you ever asked yourself how many people have wagered on the weaker teams?

The likelihood of this team to lose is very big but what if it wins? It means the few people who bet on it will have much benefited from the game than if the stronger team had won.

In a case where both teams are of equal stature then betting becomes easy. This is because the chances of winning for both teams is 50 50. In this case many people will put their bet in the team they love and not the team that you know is going to win the match.